Mini-Olympics takes place 16-27 October
The Student Union Sports Committee is organizing AITSU Mini-Olympics 2006 from 16 to 27 October 2006.
The last date for registration is Saturday, 14 October 2006. Please send Mini-Olympics Registration Form sent by the SU filled in to the respective sport coordinator by the due date.
A talk on women's health
AIT's International Women's Group invites the AIT community to a talk
on women's health by Dr. Kandapa Charnvises, an experienced
gynecologist from B-Care Medical Center, on Thursday, 19 October, 2006,
at 4:30 p.m. at Room E220 (SERD Building).
Her presentation will particularly revolve around the theme 'When
should you see a gynecologist?'.
The talk is open to anyone who is interested.
Construction of walkway opposite Gate 2 to start soon
After a formal endorsement was received from Thammasat University, the Infrastructure Office can now proceed with the construction of a walkway across the boundary of AIT and TU (linking the AIT local road with TU local road) opposite AIT Gate 2.
Many AITians, especially those who live on campus, will benefit from this new development.
Job vacancies
Aquaculture & Aquatic Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources & Development, is looking for a Project Research Associate (Ref. No. 029) for the EU funded Shrimp Farm Best Management Practices project, reporting to Dr. Dhirendra Thakur, the project Principal Investigator (PI).
Deadline of Application is: 25 October 2006.
AIT is partnering with Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia Pacific (NACA) in conducting a project on capacity building of small-scale shrimp farmers in Thailand on best management practices.
SET to launch new Software Engineering program
In order to help address the region’s growing need for software development specialists, the School of Engineering and Technology’s Computer Science and Information Management program is launching a new master’s degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Software Engineering.
Administration's leadership evaluated
The institute has embarked on a systematic evaluation of its leadership and administration toward bringing about continuous improvement in its performance. In this context guidelines and procedures for the performance evaluation of the president, vice presidents, school deans, AIT Extension director and administrative office heads have now been developed and sent through an e-mail by AIT President Said Irandoust.
SET faculty members in top 25 articles of journals
Congratulations to Prof. Phan Minh Dung of Computer Science and Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology, whose recent paper has been ranked No. 11 in the list of the 25 most downloaded papers of the Artificial Intelligence Journal for two consecutive quarters of 2006 (Jan-Mar and Apr-June). This is the premier journal of the AI field with an impact factor: 2.638. Here is the link: http://top25.sciencedirect.
AIT alumnus wins an article award
Congratulations go to Ms. Somphavanh Nakhavong, an AIT alumnus, (RRDP' 2006), whose article on 'Impacts of Rural Access Road Network on Poverty Alleviation in the LAO PDR', was selected as one of two honorable mention submissions for the 2006 United Nations Development Research Award (UNDRA 2006) held in Lao PDR. Her paper was based on her master's thesis supervised by Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad of Regional and Rural Development Planning, School of Environment, Resources and Development.
Deadline for CISSE papers extended
Due to numerous deadline extension requests from potential Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) 2006 authors, the CISSE organizing committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline to 23 October 2006.
Interested persons are invited to submit their work to CISSE 2006 (http://www.
AIT staff can now apply for houses
The President's Advisory Committee recently resolved to allow staff to apply for houses 1-28.
If a faculty house (this refers to House # 1 - 28, noted by Dr.H. L.Tien, head of Infrastructure) becomes vacant and there is no applicant in the waiting list for that category, Campus Residential Services Unit will open the unit for allocation to interested and staff with confirmed employment with AIT of at least one year.